Economics is pretty boring.
In particular when we read many economists, they're so deeply entrenched in academic theory that we can't understand them, can't relate to them, and don't really know why it's all that important.
As more of an obsessive layman--rather than academic lifer--I believe I can write about capitalism in a way that you, the reader, will really understand. Whenever you walk away from a post, I want you to understand why it's important to think about, and what the capitalist perspective (or at least my perspective) looks like. I want everything to matter, and to make sense.
I'll be telling capitalism's story through both "case studies" -- or just historical events like the great depression explained through the capitalist lens -- or by introducing really important concepts that should help the reader see events, policies, and behavior around him in a new light.
I intend to be rigorous about backing up my claims with data, but I will simplify concepts enough to not make them totally maddening. I will use examples an anecdotes to demonstrate a larger point, knowing that such an anecdote does not irrefutably prove it.
In fact, I won't try to irrefutably prove anything--the academic economists aren't able to do it to each other and I don't intend to write the thousand-page treatises (especially for you, dear reader) that attempt to "settle" the debate.
I want simply for you to understand capitalism: what it is, what it's not, and I'll leave it to you, dear reader, to decide if it truly resonates deep down.
In particular when we read many economists, they're so deeply entrenched in academic theory that we can't understand them, can't relate to them, and don't really know why it's all that important.
As more of an obsessive layman--rather than academic lifer--I believe I can write about capitalism in a way that you, the reader, will really understand. Whenever you walk away from a post, I want you to understand why it's important to think about, and what the capitalist perspective (or at least my perspective) looks like. I want everything to matter, and to make sense.
I'll be telling capitalism's story through both "case studies" -- or just historical events like the great depression explained through the capitalist lens -- or by introducing really important concepts that should help the reader see events, policies, and behavior around him in a new light.
I intend to be rigorous about backing up my claims with data, but I will simplify concepts enough to not make them totally maddening. I will use examples an anecdotes to demonstrate a larger point, knowing that such an anecdote does not irrefutably prove it.
In fact, I won't try to irrefutably prove anything--the academic economists aren't able to do it to each other and I don't intend to write the thousand-page treatises (especially for you, dear reader) that attempt to "settle" the debate.
I want simply for you to understand capitalism: what it is, what it's not, and I'll leave it to you, dear reader, to decide if it truly resonates deep down.
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